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Anna Ngo

Position
Anna Ngo represents a mix of UK and international companies, investment banks, and investors, including private equity sponsors, in cross-border capital markets and M&A transactions, as well as in general corporate matters.
Combining sophisticated product knowledge and technical skills, Anna regularly navigates multifaceted capital market offerings and M&A transactions involving a range of jurisdictions and industries. She offers particular experience in cross-border equity offerings, including dual listings. Anna also leverages her strong understanding of UK company and securities law and regulations to anticipate potential obstacles that may arise in complex and cross-border transactions.
Anna’s capital markets work includes:
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- Initial public offerings
- Rights offerings
- Secondary and follow-on offerings
- Debt/equity swaps
- American and Global Depositary Receipts
- Private placements and registered transactions
- Equity-linked securities, including convertible, and exchangeable bonds
- Spin-offs
Anna frequently handles listings and capital raisings around the world, including in the UK, the US, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, drawing on her prior secondment experience in the equity corporate finance team at Credit Suisse.
Anna also regularly advises international companies in a range of public cross-border M&A matters. Additionally, she provides general corporate advice to public companies, including in connection with corporate governance matters and compliance with ongoing regulatory requirements.
Anna serves as a Vice Chair of Latham’s Diversity Leadership Committee and is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee and Mentoring Committee. She previously served as London Co-Chair of the firm’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
(Next Generation Partners)Latham & Watkins’ ECM team excels at handling cross-border work, with a strong and consistent record of advising large corporates as well as major banks such as JP Morgan on global IPOs and secondary placings, reverse takeovers, and demerger transactions. The London team regularly collaborates with the firm’s international partners to guide clients through listings on the LSE, NYSE, and European exchanges, and it is particularly well-regarded for its work with IPO candidates in the tech and renewable energy sectors. Banking clients furthermore benefit from the team’s ability to offer integrated advice on transactional and financial regulatory issues. James Inness regularly advises on London IPOs and co-heads the team with US securities and M&A expert Mark Austin
, who joined the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in June 2023. Further key contacts include Chris Horton
, who is well-regarded for his expertise in public M&A and SPAC transactions, and Anna Ngo, who handles a varied caseload of primary and secondary offerings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Equity capital markets: mid-large cap London > Corporate and commercial
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance